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Sixty-Sixth Congress, Third Session .... House Document No 1026 



MAHLON M. GARLAND 

(Late a Representative from Pennsylvania) 

MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 

DELIVERED IN THE 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 

UNITED STATES 



SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 
THIRD SESSION 



February 6, 1921 



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Page 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 5,7 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. M. Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania 9 

Mr. Thomas S. Crago, of Pennsylvania 17 

Mr. Anderson H. Walters, of Pennsylvania 21 

Mr. John I. Nolan, of California 23 

Mr. Otis Wingo, of Arkansas 26 

Mr. William J. Burke, of Pennsylvania 29 

Mr. Frederick N. Zihlman, of Maryland 31 

Mr. Guy E. Campbell, of Pennsylvania 35 

Mr. Henry W. Watson, of Pennsylvania 38 

Mr. Milton W. Shre ve, of Pennsylvania 40 



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DEATH OF HON. MAHLON M. GARLAND 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE 



Monday, December 6, 1920. 
The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., oflfered the 
following prayer: 

Eternal Spirit, our Heavenly Father, infinite in Thine 
attributes, whose judgments are true and righteous alto- 
gether, reveal unto us more clearly Thy purposes and 
give us the desire, the zeal, the courage to conform our 
ways to Thine. Continue Thy favors unto us as a people 
and inspire those in authority with clear vision, high 
ideals, noble endeavors, that the concurrent branches of 
government may work together in harmony and in unison 
with Thee; that we may continue an example to all the 
world for true, just, and equitable government. And grant 
that the whole family of mankind under Thy divine influ- 
ence may become indeed citizens of Thy kingdom; that 
Thy will may be done in earth as it is in heaven, to the 
glory and honor of Thy holy name, and the eternal good 
of mankind. 

Since we last met, our Father in heaven, two strong, 
pure and efficient Members of this House have passed 
over the great divide, leaving the world the poorer for 
their going. RIess, we pray Thee, those that knew and 
loved them, especially those bound to them by the ties of 
kinship, with the eternal hope of the immortality of the 
soul, revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Mr. RuTLER. Mr. Speaker, the death of a Member of this 
House and a personal friend puts upon me the painful 

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duty of announcing to the House that the Hon. Mahlon 
M. Garland, a Representative at large from the State of 
Pennsylvania, died at his residence in Washington on the 
19th of November last. He was highly esteemed by all of 
his colleagues here and greatly beloved by all the people 
living in his State. At the proper time I shall ask the 
House to adopt its usual method of announcing to the 
people the esteem which the House placed upon his char- 
acter and his services. He was kind in private life and 
efficient in public life. I offer the following resolutions. 
The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow 
of the death of Hon. Mahlon M. Garland, a Representative from 
the State of Pennsylvania. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate a copy of these reso- 
lutions to the Senate. 

The resolutions were agreed to. 

Mr. Mondell. Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of respect 
to our deceased colleague, Mahlon M. Garland, I move 
that the House do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 12 o'clock 
and 52 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until to- 
morrow, Tuesday, December 7, 1920, at 12 o'clock noon. 

Saturday, January 22, 1921. 

Mr. Butler. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent of 
the House that Sunday, February 6, 1921, may be set apart 
for addresses on the life, character, and public services of 
the late Hon. Mahlon M. Garland, Representative at large 
from the State of Pennsylvania. 

The Speaker. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks 
unanimous consent that Sunday, February 6, be set aside 
for memorial exercises on the late Representative Gar- 
land. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair 
hears none. 



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Pboceedings in the House 



Saturday, February 5, 1921. 
The Speaker appointed Mr. Butler, of Pennsylvania, to 
act as Speaker pro tempore during the memorial exer- 
cises in honor of the late Representative Garland, of 
Pennsylvania, on Sunday, February 6, 1921. 

Sunday, February 6, 1921. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to 
order by Mr. Butler as Speaker pro tempore. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
following prayer: 

Infinite Spirit, our Heavenly Father, we would hallow 
Thy name in thought and deed, that Thy kingdom may 
come when every heart may be at one with Thee in intent 
and purpose. 

We are met, in pursuance of a long-established custom, 
to honor the dead whom we hold sacred which sprang 
from the heart of man, implanted there by an unseen hand 
ages ago. Warm of heart, pure of motive, clear of per- 
ception, his soul sped in pursuit of the best in life. His 
countrymen were not slow to discover the inestimable 
traits of his character, hence he became a leader among 
men and an honored Member of this House, and left 
behind him a record worthy of emulation. His spirit 
lives, though it has passed out of the body into a higher 
realm of usefulness. Solace the hearts of those who knew 
and loved him, especially his kindred dear, by the light of 
hope which leads on to eternal love. In Jesus Christ, our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

On motion of Mr. Butler, by unanimous consent, 
Ordered, That Sunday, February 6, 1921, at 12 o'clock noon, be 
set apart for addresses on the life, character, and public services 
of Hon. Mahlon M. Garland, late a Representative at large from 
the State of Pennsylvania. 

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Mr. Crago. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu- 
tion. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
resolution. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of 
Hon. Mahlon M. Garland, late a Member of this House from the 
State of Pennsylvania. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall 
stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
the family of the deceased. 

The resolution was unanimously agreed to. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this cere- 
mony, in memory of our colleague. Congressman Gar- 
land, brings us face to face with the tragedy which marks 
the close of every life, a tragedy which is as sad and deep 
and dark as can be woven of the warp and woof of mys- 
tery and death. 

It is told of Walt Whitman, the Old Gray Bard of De- 
mocracy, that on one occasion he attended the funeral of 
a neighbor. The aged man, leaning on his cane, looked 
at the form lying so cold and still. A little girl came and 
stood on tiptoe by the old man's side, looking wonder- 
ingly at the face of the dead. 

The poet, who had attained the allotted threescore and 
ten years of life, turned and quietly said : " You do not 
understand this, do you, my dear? " " No, sir," lisped the 
girl in startled fashion. " Neither do I, neither do I," said 
the old man as he walked slowly away. 

Neither can any of us understand the old, old mystery 
of death. We only know that sooner or later the grim 
reaper claims all men as his own. In the end the highest 
lies down with the lowliest, all alike impotent before the 
angel of death. 

Everywhere and always there are farewells for the dying 
and mourning for the dead. In every life there are memo- 
ries that are sadly dear; the sound of sobs of sorrow, the 
subdued tones of grief, the fluttering crepe, the funeral 
procession, the weeping circle around the grave, the sol- 
emn words above it, the thud of clods upon the coffin, and 
then the vacant place, the broken home, the deathless 
memories of loved ones departed from us. 

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Every day brings new evidence of the truth of the mes- 
sage of that poem which was the favorite of Abraham 
Lincoln: 

'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draft of a breath, 
From the blossom of youth to the paleness of death. 
From the gilden salon to the bier and the shroud, 
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? 

Congressman Garland has but gone before in meeting 
the common fate of all. And as we bow, powerless and 
mystified before the perplexing puzzle of all the ages, we 
may thank God that above the solemn toll of the death 
knell sounds the peal of immortality, oversweeping all 
pains, all tears, all time, all fears; proclaiming in thunder 
tones, " Man lives forever. Death is but the golden key 
that unlocks the palace of eternity." 

Congressman Garland's influence will not die, but will 
go on duplicating and reduplicating itself in many lives. 
His life and career prove that character is built out of 
circumstances turned to good account. Out of the same 
materials that some men have built hovels he builded 
palaces, and he hammered and forged all the parts him- 
self. 

That America is only another name for opportunity 
was exemplified in the life of our late colleague. He was 
not born to wealth, but to struggle. He first saw the light 
of day in Pittsburgh, and spent almost his entire life in 
that mighty hive of industry, that workshop of the world. 
Like the city he loved so well, he was — 

Swart with the soot of her furnaces. 

He dripped with the sweats of toil. 
His fingers throttled the savage waste. 

He tore the curse from the soil, 
He flung the bridges across the gulfs 

That shut us from the To Be 
And built the roads for the bannered march 

Of crowned humanity. 

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Address of Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania 

At the age of 9 years he began his life as a breadwinner. 
At the time when children are usually care free he was 
toil weary. He labored through the years of playtime, 
while a man's responsibilities rested upon his shoulders. 

He made no complaints but met every hardship with a 
smile and a spirit that was invincible. He marched along 
a road where stinging briers and rugged rocks lined the 
way. Sometimes a chasm cut across his path and a high 
wall upreared itself before him. 

But with undaunted heart and boundless courage he 
leaped the chasm and scaled the wall, marching on to the 
goal of his desire, beginning his success where many end 
in failure. 

Debarred by circumstances from securing what we call 
a higher education, Congressman Garland had that far 
more precious boon — wisdom of the heart. The ancients 
were right when, long before Harvey, they declared that 
the heart is the very center of life, the seat of the affec- 
tions and courage. After all, the heart is the man. 

There are those who say that training the mind, devel- 
oping the brain, and cultivating the intellect are all that 
are needed in making a man. However valuable all these, 
it is nevertheless true that all such training only enables 
a man to do more. It is the heart which determines 
whether that " more " shall be good or bad. 

Kind hearts are more than coronets 
And simple faith than Norman blood. 

As Congressman Garland grew up to maturity he knew 
instinctively that the closed hand can not receive. His 
hand was held out in helpfulness to all with whom he 
came in contact. He knew instinctively that — 

Life is a mirror to king and slave, 

'Tis just what you say and do; 
Then give to the world the best you have. 

And the best will come back to you. 

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He gave to every interest his very best, and the regard 
and respect of his associates came back to him. 

He became a steel worker and performed the arduous 
tasks that go with steel making in the mighty mills of 
Pittsburgh. Naturally, he joined hands with his fellow 
workers. He became a member of the Amalgamated As- 
sociation of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers, one of the 
pioneer international labor organizations of this country. 

Steadily he rose in this organization as his qualities 
and abilities were recognized by his fellow members. He 
was elected president of the organization, a position he 
held for six years. He was always proud of his member- 
ship in this union, and many times referred to it in de- 
bates in Congress. From these early associations he came 
to know that the — 

Rank is but the guinea's stamp, 
The man's the gold for all that. 

While in the active ranks of labor he was also taking a 
place in public life. He was a neighbor of mine in the 
little borough of Edgewood, and the place he held in the 
esteem of the residents of his home community was a 
high testimonial to his merits as a man. He served six 
years in the council and gave faithful service. 

The confidence of his neighbors was followed by the 
confidence of his fellow townsmen in Pittsburgh. He was 
chosen to serve in the council of Pittsburgh and on the 
board of education, and to both positions he gave care- 
ful and painstaking attention. 

In 1898 he was appointed collector of customs at Pitts- 
burgh and was reappointed by Presidents Roosevelt and 
Taft. In 1914 he was elected Congressman at large from 
Pennsylvania and was reelected to each succeeding Con- 
gress. On November 2, last year, he was chosen for serv- 
ice in the Sixty-seventh Congress by an amazing majority. 
The man who has the confidence of his neighbors, of his 

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Address of Mr. Kblly, of Pennsylvania 

fellow residents in a great city, and of his fellow citizens 
in a great State must have qualities of splendid kind. 

Within a few weeks after his last triumphant election 
Congressman Garland heard the call and passed to that 
" mysterious bourn from which no traveler returns." 

He was a hard-working legislator and rose to the chair- 
manship of the Mines and Mining Committee in the House. 
He will be remembered for his activities and his efforts in 
connection with his duties as a Member of the American 
Congress. 

Those who knew him best will remember him for his 
great capacity for loyal friendship. If you had asked him 
the secret of his life, he would have said, " I had friends." 
He had friends because he was a friend. As in the east- 
ern tales, where the magic words, " Open Sesame," caused 
locked doors to fly apart, so the power of the friendships 
he made caused every door that barred his progress to 
swing open. 

He made of his friendships golden links in the iron 
chain of life. He found in them a never-failing supply 
on which to draw stores of kindly counsel, sympathy, and 
help. He returned payment in full measure and countless 
kindred souls will remember his friendship as a jewel 
wliich no acid of misfortune and adversity could dim. 

Congressman Garland was for many years a leading 
figure in a great fraternal organization. He was the high- 
est executive officer for a term and always exerted a com- 
manding influence. Just a short time before his death he 
visited the home maintained by this fraternity for orphan 
children. No work was nearer his heart than in seeing 
that all care and comforts were provided for those who 
had lost their natural protector. 

This interest was indicative of the man who knew life 
at first hand and who was able and eager, out of his own 
experience, to devise ways for smoothing the pathway 

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of those who need most the help of kindly hands. If it 
be true that the drying up of a single tear " hath more of 
honest fame than shedding seas of gore," then Congress- 
man Garland will indeed have a place in the Hall of 
Fame. 

Always he mingled with men in crowded places. Al- 
ways his hand was outstretched to aid his fellow men. 

Some writer has told the story of the priest Philemon, 
who toiled early and late to acquire wisdom, praying and 
fasting and meditating. The joys, hopes, sorrows, and 
labors of mortal existence seemed to him nothing com- 
pared to the marvels of the hereafter. And so by degrees 
the wise priest Philemon forgot the world, forgot men and 
women and little children, forgot the blueness of the skies, 
the verdure of the fields, forgot the grace of the flowers 
growing in the grass, the music of birds singing in the tree- 
tops. Forgot, in fact, everything but himself and his fast- 
ing and his wisdom. Bj' and by his fame for wisdom 
spread abroad and crowds gathered about his humble 
abode and besought his aid. They knelt at his feet and 
wept and told him of their wounds of body and spirit and 
asked his help. 

But the wise priest harshly repelled them and bade 
them begone, telling them they had brought their sorrows 
on themselves and that justice demanded that they should 
suffer. 

Then in a rage he left his habitation and retired to the 
depths of the forest, where the foot of man seldom pene- 
trated. Here in silence and solitude he determined to keep 
his heart from everj' worldly influence. One daj' as he 
prayed, lost in a rapture of devotion, a little bird perched 
on his window and began to sing a song born out of the 
leaves and grasses and winds of heaven, as sweet a song 
as ever feathered songster sang. 



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Address of Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania 

The wise priest's mind wandered. The singing recalled 
to him many things he thought long since forgotten. 
Almost he heard his mother's voice again, and the blithe 
and happy days of youth came back to him as in a dream. 

But Philemon recovered himself and, in a tempest of 
rage that liis devotions had been disturbed, seized his 
heavy staff and slew the pretty songster where it perched 
within his reach and flung the little ruffled heap of feath- 
ers out into the woodland. 

As he did so a great light shone in the room, and lo, an 
angel stood just where the blood of the warbler stained 
the floor. Philemon heard a majestic voice saying, " Phil- 
emon, why hast thou slain my messenger? " And the 
priest, looking up in fear and wonder, said, " Pray, what 
messenger? I have killed nothing but a bird that dis- 
turbed my devotions." 

But the voice, in terrible accents, replied, " Remorseless 
one, knowest thou not that every bird of the forest is 
mine and every leaf of the trees is mine? The song of 
that slain bird was sweeter than thy many prayers, and 
when thou didst listen to its voice thou wert nearer 
heaven than thou hast ever been. Thou hast rebelled 
against my law of love. In rejecting love thou hast re- 
jected me; and when thou didst turn the poor and needy 
from thy doors, even so did I turn my face from thee and 
refuse thy petitions. Pray no more, fast no more, but love 
and serve and learn to make thyself beloved by the least 
and the lowest, and by this thou shaft at last penetrate 
into the mystery of the Divine." 

Those who knew Congressman Garland, and who saw 
in Pittsburgh on his funeral day the friends from all 
walks and conditions of life gathered to pay the last 
tribute of respect and affection to their dead friend, know 
that he was not like the wise priest Philemon, but that 
he had the wisdom of the heart — the wisdom that is better 



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than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than 
fine gold. He was buried beneath a wilderness of flowers, 
and yet not all to whom he did a kindness could bring a 
blossom to his grave. He lives in hearts he leaves behind, 
and that is not to die. 

Congressman Garland was in love with life, and he was 
glad for the opportunities of life and helpfulness, and it 
was this attitude which molded his career and made his 
life. A smile was natural to him, and he always saw the 
silver lining of every cloud. 

His passing was as he would have had it. Suddenly, 
without lingering pain, in the vei-y midst of his activities 
and his plans, he was summoned and obeyed. 

Out of this service in commemoration of our colleague, 
brave and cheerful, no matter what winds of diflBculty 
might blow, each one of us here may get from the life and 
career of Congressman Garland some little good, some 
kindly thought, some bit of courage for the darkening 
sky, some gleam of faith to brave the ills of life, some 
glimpse of lighter sky beyond the mists that lie ahead in 
the pathway of us all. 

And may it be true of us as of our colleague, expressed 
in the hymn sung at his funeral: 

Twilight and evening bell 

And after that the dark, 
And may there be no sadness of farewell 

When I embark. 



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Address of Mr. Crago, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: We have met to-day and have paused in 
the regular work of this legislative body in order that we 
may express an appreciation of one of our number who 
has answered the last roll call; in order that for all time 
in the records of this great legislative body may appear 
this estimate of the life and character of Mahlon M. Gar- 
land uttered by his associates. In order that the events 
of his life may appear in that record, I submit the follow- 
ing sketch, which was edited by Mr. Garland: 

Mahlon M. Garland, Republican, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was born 
in that city in May, 1856. While quite young his parents moved 
to Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa., where he began working 
at an early age to assist in supporting a large family. Between 
the years of 9 and 14 he was employed on a farm, in the steel 
mills, and drove mules on a canal-boat towpath. Learning the 
trade of puddling and heating, he joined the Amalgamated Asso- 
ciation of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers, one of the most powerful 
international labor organizations of that time, of which he be- 
came the president, and was reelected six years in succession. 
He resigned this office when appointed by President McKinley as 
United States collector of customs at Pittsburgh in 1898, subse- 
quently being appointed by President Roosevelt in 1902 and in 
1906, and again by President Taft in 1910. He resigned to assume 
his duties as Congressman at large on March 4, 1915. He also 
served as vice president of the American Federation of Labor; 
was elected and served two terms in the select council of the city 
of Pittsburgh; served four years on the Pittsburgh school board; 
served six years in the borough council of Edgewood, Pa.; was 
married in 1888 to Mary C. Brown. 

Congressman Garland departed this life in the city of 
Washington on November 19, 1920. Thus in these few 
words is described a life that so well illustrates the possi- 
bility of this great country of ours. It seems to me that 
one of the thoughts which should concern us as we at- 

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tempt to do our work here is to keep in mind the idea of 
having it always possible in this country for a boy or a 
girl, born of humble parentage, reared among those who 
have not been gifted with this world's goods or oppor- 
tunities, to reach high positions; that America shall 
always present these opportunities for the future develop- 
ment of its citizens. I doubt if you will find a more typical 
life of an American boy determined to succeed, fired with 
ambition and zeal, with a great courage, physical strength 
and determination to make of himself a power for good 
and an influence which would be felt, than that of Con- 
gressman Garland, which so well exemplified the Ameri- 
can spirit. My acquaintance with Mr. Garland began 
many years ago. We were both nominated for the office 
of Representative in Congress at large from the State of 
Pennsylvania in the same primary and took part in that 
campaign, which was also a gubernatorial campaign in 
our State; we visited practically every county in the State 
in company with some of the other nominees. We met 
many people, and I was surprised time and again to find 
the many, many warm personal friends Garland had in 
the different counties of the State. I shall not dwell at 
any great length on that phase of his life. He enjoyed 
meeting people, and he knew how to meet people. Just 
one instance as a personal touch in our lives. Time and 
again we would visit in his office or in mine or in the 
lobby, and on one occasion just after he had returned 
from Mooseheart, an institution in which he took a great 
interest, he was telling me of the work there and what 
they were doing for the little children in that institution, 
and as he explained this work his eyes filled with tears 
and he said to me: 

You do not know what a pleasure it is to me to do work of ttiat 
kind, a work that you feel will last for years and years and make 
people happy. 



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Address of Mr. Crago, of Pennsylvania 

It was an index to the big-hearted man. As I visited 
the undertaker's establishment here in this city where his 
body was wailing its removal to his home in Pittsburgh I 
could not help but think of all the strength, of all the 
vigor which was inert and at an end, to think that the one 
weak spot, the one weak link in the chain must give way 
and all that force and all that energy and all those pur- 
poses and ambitions be surrendered because of that one 
weak link. 

Congressman Garland had a religious turn to his na- 
ture and had great respect for the things which make for 
the best interests of civilization. He was not, however, 
one of those who looked on the matter of preparing for 
death as the one great thing in life. I say it with all due 
reverence, not so much in a spirit of criticism of some of 
our teaching as, rather, one of regret, that I believe we 
have too much teaching on the theme of how to live in 
order to get ready to die instead of teaching us how to 
live in order to live best. Some people, it seems to me, 
think the greatest thing in life is in getting ready to leave 
it. I do not believe this teaching is for the best. I believe 
we should be told and retold that life — this life — is grand 
and good and noble, that the greatest good in life can only 
be attained by right living, and that living only to get 
ready to die is unworthy the full-grown intellect of man. 

The life of Congressman Garland strongly exemplifies 
the sentiments expressed by one of the great men of his 
own city. Dr. Brashear: 

It's the human touch that counts in this life, the touch of your 

hand and mine. 
That means far more to the sinking soul than bread or shelter or 

wine; 
For with the night the shelter is gone, and the food lasts but for 

the day, 
But the touch of a hand or the sound of a voice remains with the 

soul alway. 

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Closed is the chapter of his life, and to-day we express 
the hope that it may be an inspiration to those who come 
after him, and that his example may help those of us who 
are left to do our duty and to face our responsibilities 
with courage and fidelity, as patriotically as he did, as 
industriously as he did, as whole-heartedly as he did. 
And when our end shall come may it be said of us, as we 
say of him, he did his work and he did it well. 



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Address of Mr. Walters, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: The life and accomplishments of the late 
Mahlon M. Garland are illustrations of the possibilities 
accruing under the free institutions of our country. One 
from Pennsylvania may be pardoned if he asserts that it 
is among the sons and daughters of our State that occur 
the more frequent and striking illustrations of the rising 
to places of influence, power, and importance of men and 
women born and reared in places which, in theory, pre- 
clude such advancement. And among the myriad of such 
examples among the children of Pennsylvania there 
stands out the life and record of our late colleague, 
Mahlon M. Garland. 

Born to toil, to labor with hands, our colleague early 
became a student — not only of books, but of human nature 
and the problems of life. Choosing employment in the 
great army of Pennsylvania's steel and iron workers, he 
soon became prominent in the great organization known 
as the Amalgamated, an association of steel and iron work- 
ers with a remarkable record of fairness and efficiency. 
Step by step he rose until his fellow workers were proud 
to name him as the president of this association, and in 
that capacity he earned the name of a strict, impartial, 
and wise executive. Firmly grounded in the faith and 
principles of the Republican Party, he was freely con- 
sulted and his counsels appreciated. Not blinded by par- 
tisan prejudice, he earned a proud place in his party's 
counsels, and his work and that of the great organization 
he led was recognized by his appointment in the Customs 
Service. When the period of the reorganization of the 
Republican Party in Pennsylvania arrived, Mahlon Gar- 
land was the practically unanimous choice of the mem- 
bers of the party as a Representative in Congress. 

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In the Congress Mr. Garland ably defended and pro- 
moted the interests of labor, never forgetting or ignoring 
his responsibilities to all the people. His voice and vote 
were controlled by no force except his sense of right and 
justice. 

In personal contact our lamented friend was genial, 
whole-souled, and most courteous, endearing himself to 
the whole membership of this body. His passing is 
mourned by his colleagues and associates in public life, in 
a great labor organization, and in a body of Americans 
banded together for mutual benefit and protection. 



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Address of Mr. Nolan, of California 

Mr. Speaker: I consider it an honor to pay my tribute 
to the high character and integrity of the late Mahlon M. 
Garland, both as to his public service and, greater still, 
his service to humanity in the role of a private citizen. I 
was closelj' associated with Representative Garland in the 
House from the time that he was elected to the Sixty-fourth 
Congress to the time of his death. I had known our late 
friend for many years in connection with his work in the 
labor movement as well as in fraternal organizations, and 
realize that his sterling qualities were the cause of his 
rapid rise in every movement that he entered. Born in the 
city of Pittsburgh, Pa., he started out early in life to help 
support his family, from 9 to 14 years of age working on a 
farm; also driving mules on a canal-boat towpath. Learn- 
ing the trade of puddling and heating, he joined the union 
of his craft, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, 
and Tin Workers, which organization had jurisdiction 
over all of the workers in the steel mills. At that time the 
Amalgamated Association was one of the most powerful 
labor organizations in the world. Proceeding steadily, he 
was elected to various positions of trust in his local union, 
then the district councils, and finally becoming president 
of tliis great labor organization, serving six years succes- 
sively, finally resigning this office when appointed by 
President McKinley as United States collector of customs 
at Pittsburgh. 

Mr. Garland was known throughout the length and 
breadth of the land as a stanch labor leader. Recogniz- 
ing his sterling worth, the American Federation of Labor 
elected him as a vice president and a member of its execu- 
tive council, one of the highest positions within the gift of 
the American labor movement, Mr. Garland occupying 

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this position until the time that he was appointed to pub- 
lic office in Pittsburgh. 

Mr. Garland served as collector of customs at Pittsburgh 
from 1898 until 1915, being appointed successively by 
President McKinley, President Roosevelt, and President 
Taft, and resigning on March 4, 1915, to begin his honor- 
able service in the American House of Representatives. 

Mr. Garland's public service also embraced two terms 
in the select council of the city of Pittsburgh and four 
years on the Pittsburgh school board, also six in the bor- 
ough council of Edgewood, Pa. 

Always interested in every constructive movement in 
the interest of humanity, he demonstrated to the last his 
fealty to the cause of labor and never forgetting his early 
struggles on the farm, towpath, and steel mills. He served 
the people of the labor movement long, faithfully, and 
well in matters affecting their interest. While in public 
life, and especiallj' as a Member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, he was always ready with voice, vote, and en- 
ergy to champion their cause. 

The faith of the common people of the State of Pennsyl- 
vania was shown whenever he ran as a candidate for Con- 
gressman at large in that great State, always receiving a 
tremendous majority and especially so in the great in- 
dustrial centers. 

Mr. Garland's efforts in behalf of the under dog and 
those afflicted was not alone confined to the labor move- 
ment; he was also interested in the work of a great fra- 
ternal order, the Loyal Order of Moose of the World, 
being one of the early pioneers to join that organization 
and spread its gospel throughout the land. This organ- 
ization is noted for its work in taking care of its maimed 
and afflicted. Its beneficial features have rendered great 
assistance to thousands of its members all over the land, 
finally culminating in the establishment of a great insti- 

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Address of Mr. Nolan, of California 

tution at Moosehearl, 111., for the care of dependent chil- 
dren of its deceased members. Mahlon Garland took a 
great part in the work of this organization and its up- 
building and was rewarded by being elected to the high- 
est office within the gift of the Loyal Order of Moose 
of the World, that of supreme dictator, and then elected 
general dictator, serving in this position for four years. 

Mr. Garland in leaving this earth to appear before that 
Supreme Being who in the final analysis is called upon to 
judge us all leaves behind him millions of Americans in 
evei-y walk of life who are grieved at his untimely death 
and who realize they will miss his great contribution to 
the cause of human welfare and social and industrial jus- 
tice, all of whom, I am sure, will join with us here to-day 
in this Chamber in the fervent prayer that his soul may 
rest in peace. Amen. 



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Address of Mr. Wingo, of Arkansas 

Mr. Speaker: I shall not attempt any formal eulogy on 
either the life or public service of our late colleague. 
That service more properly falls to and has been ably ren- 
dered by his colleagues who have preceded me. I wish 
only in a few words to pay an humble informal tribute 
to a departed friend. 

It may seem strange that between us there existed any- 
thing more than the respect and regard that follows joint 
public service. When I first saw the light of day he had 
already reached manhood's estate and learned in the 
hard school of experience lessons that I would be com- 
pelled to master even after he had passed the crown of 
years. He was born in a busy, throbbing city, I in the 
open country. He took up the battle of life amid the 
confusion and rush of a great industrial center, while I 
started on life's journey amid the quiet, soothing languor 
of a southern clime. He devoted his energies to indus- 
trial work, while mine were devoted to the intricacies of 
the philosophy of law. He toiled amid the smoke and 
grime of the furnace glare, I amid the pleasing, though 
sometime halting, processes of the court guided by the 
light of precedent. He came from a great State of the 
North, I from a great State of the South. He was a Repub- 
lican, I a Democrat. 

Yet, following our separate callings and faiths, we met, 
he as the chairman and I as the ranking minority member 
of a committee of Congress. In spite of the disparity of 
our ages, the differences in our life's experiences, and the 
conflict of our political faiths, I was at once impressed 
with the strength and force of his character and his quiet 
yet earnest endeavor to be of real service to his country 



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and his fellow man. We worked in perfect harmony in 
our committee work, with no thought of partisan differ- 
ence, he drawing on my knowledge of the forms of law 
and I on his fund of wisdom acquired by contact with 
men and life's problems. Notwithstanding the fact that 
the tide of life ha'd beat heavily in his face and afflictions 
had come that would have broken the spirit and shaken 
the resolution of a weaker man, he drove on with quiet 
force and determination, playing not only a successful 
part in the political and industrial life of the Nation, but 
finding time and joy in serving the orphans of the great 
order to which he belonged and of which he was a direct- 
ing force. 

He was not a noisy, self-advertising public figure, but 
was of that type that in a silent, forceful way devote them- 
selves unceasingly to their duties, with little thought of 
reward other than the satisfaction of duty done. He was 
one of those men who recognized that you must take 
humanity as it is and that the world could not be trans- 
formed or reformed in one day or generation. While 
he recognized that there are conditions in this country 
that are bad, and some abuses in our industrial and eco- 
nomic life that should be corrected, yet he had faith that 
these things could be and should be corrected in the due 
course of time under the orderly processes provided by 
our Constitution and form of government. 

In spite of these abuses and evils, such is our form of 
government, such is the spirit of our institutions, such is 
the order of our economic and industrial life, such are 
the opportunities in this great land of ours, that the poor- 
est boy, born in humble surroundings, as was our de- 
parted colleague, if he have character and integrity and 
faith, and applies himself with any degree of determina- 
tion and perseverance to any given calling, he can hope 
to achieve a great measure of success before his life is 



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over. Mahlon M. Garland's life and character typify and 
exemphfy that fact more than the life and character of 
any other man I have met in my public service. I wish 
we had more men like him. I wish we had more me„ 
who could stand amidst the stress and storm with wide 
vision and unfaltering faith and hope and see that even- 
tually the umult and shouting of the hour will pass away 
and that the fundamentals will remain, and that by con- 
stant effort, by vigilant endeavor, and by intelligent action 
humanity is ever led onward and upward to a higher and 
a better faith. 



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Address of Mr. Burke, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: We have assembled here to-day to pay 
tribute to the memory of our late beloved colleague, 
Mahlon M. Garland. 

It is fitting, indeed, that words of praise and expressions 
of our esteem for his worth and life work should be 
voiced. Those of us who knew him best and most inti- 
mately knew him to be an honest man, a man of prin- 
ciple; and when we are able to conscientiously say this of 
any man we pay the highest tribute it is possible for 
mortal mind to pay. 

Actuated by worthy motives, fired with laudable ambi- 
tion, the life of Mahlon M. Garland stands out as a beacon 
light and is an inspiration to the youth of America. His 
early life was a life of poverty, of hardship, and of strug- 
gle, but, undaunted, he faced the battle of life and sur- 
mounted obstacles before which a weaker nature would 
have quailed and succumbed. To his credit and to his 
greatness be it remembered that when the pinnacle of 
success was attained he still retained the priceless and 
divine gifts of an understanding mind and a warm, gen- 
erous human heart. Too often these qualities are lost in 
the struggle of success and, when they are, success has 
been a failure. 

A man of the people, he ever remained true to the cause 
of the people. He shared with them the joy of their 
triumphs and he felt with them the pain of their suffer- 
ings and disappointments. He was ever the friend of the 
poor and the champion of the lowly. As a national Rep- 
resentative, by his voice and vote he was ever found on 
the side of right. His death was the Nation's loss, and 
particularly in the great State of Pennsylvania has it left 

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a void. From one end to the other thereof he was known 
and loved, and his memory remains enshrined in the 
hearts of the Pennsylvania people. 

The world is better for Garland having lived in it. He 
was a doer of deeds; and I do not think it amiss to say 
that it is men like Garland, sturdy, rugged, honest, self- 
made men — men possessed of human minds, warm, gen- 
erous hearts, and the spirit of real courage — who have 
made our country great, who have added luster to its 
glorious histoi'y, and who in the Nation's hour of need 
prove its strongest bulwark and its most valuable asset. 

Mr. Speaker, I have a telegraphic message here from my 
colleague. Congressman Morin, which I desire to have the 
Clerk read into the Record. 

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Walters). The Clerk 
will read. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Hon. Thomas S. Butler, 

House of Eepresentatives, 

Washington, D. C: 
I regret exceedingly that on account of the serious illness of 
Mrs. Morin I shall be unable to go to Washington Sunday to 
attend the memorial services for our late colleague, Hon. Mahlon 
M. Garland, to express my sentiments of his life, his service to 
his country, and his worth as a man. He was a true friend, a 
genial companion, a valuable Member of the House of Represent- 
atives, and a respected citizen of his State. In his death the 
country has lost a faithful servant. 

John M. Morin, 

Member of Congress, 
Thirty-first District, Pennsylvania. 



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Address of Mr. Zihlman, of Maryland 

Mr. Speaker : The Members of the Pennsylvania delega- 
tion in the House will speak to-day of Hon. Mahlon M. 
Garland; of his life and work in his home State; of his 
achievements as a statesman and lawmaker. 

It is my intention to speak of him as a friend of the 
lowly and the needy, for I learned to know and to love 
him when he was engaged in a great work of organiza- 
tion — a work of merging men of many callings and classes, 
into a great fraternal bi'otherhood, founded upon such 
principles and precepts as would relieve the needy, suc- 
cor the sick, aid the afflicted, lift the fallen, and bury the 
dead. 

What we may say or do here can not bring him back to 
life, no more than the flowers dropped upon the casket 
nor the high anthem pealing above the bier can lift the 
lid from above the face of the deceased friend or com- 
panion. 

But they all serve a purpose in life. They serve to 
soften the gloom of the death chamber and make lighter 
the burden of bereavement. Touching as these simple 
rites do the most delicate cords of our nature, they make 
us better and purer and strengthen the bonds of sympathy 
that link all human hearts together. 

As a gifted poet has said: 

There is never a rose in all the world 

But makes some green spray sweeter; 
There is never a wind in all the sky 

But makes some bird's wing fleeter. 
There is never a star but brings to heaven 

Some silver radiance tender. 
And never a rosy cloud but helps 

To crown the sunset's splendor. 
No robin but may thrill some heart, 

His downright gladness voicing. 
God gives us all some small, sweet way 

To set the world rejoicing. 

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Mahlon M. Garland was born amid humble surround- 
ings. He passed up the ladder of life by sheer merit and 
by persistent and untiring endeavor. 

More than 20 years ago he had attained a position of 
responsibility and leadership among the men with whom 
he worked — the men who knew and loved him. 

His wise counsel, his vision, his practical sound com- 
mon sense were sought and followed by the men with 
whom he toiled. He endeavored to bring about conditions 
in the steel mills and among the men in the metal trades 
which would enable them to do more than eke out a mere 
existence. 

He advocated and persistently fought for a wage which 
would enable them to comfortably feed and clothe their 
families, to educate their children, to own their own 
homes, and to lay aside something for the inevitable old 
age which must come to every man. 

How well he succeeded in that laudable endeavor is 
to-day a matter of record and history; and amidst the 
clang and roar of heavy machinery in the great white 
lights that shine from the open door of the forges and the 
furnaces in the mill towns of western Pennsylvania and 
in neighboring States are men who can testify to the 
beneficent influence of this strong, broad-shouldered, 
sturdy representative of the plain people, of whom Abra- 
ham Lincoln said: 

God must have loved the plain people, for he made so many of 
them. 

Leaving the turbulent arena in which he had won dis- 
tinction and renown he served with fidelity and honor as 
a public ofTicial in his home city of Pittsburgh, and it is a 
matter of common knowledge that in all his days of serv- 
ice he never failed to render to the public the highest type 
of efficient and thorough administration and to merit the 
trust and confidence reposed in him. 

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Address of Mr. Zihlman, of Maryland 

In 1906, when a number of the men with whom he asso- 
ciated began the reorganization of a great fraternal bene- 
ficial society, he took an active part in that reorganization; 
and under their energetic and wise leadership lodges were 
installed in every State of the Union and in foreign lands. 

When the great World War came he advocated and took 
pride in the establishment of a home for the soldier mem- 
bers abroad; and he visited the home of the order in Lon- 
don and Paris, and came back filled with renewed en- 
thusiasm for the organization of which he was for a time 
the national head. 

No man can leave behind a richer heritage than to be be- 
loved by his compatriots; to know he has contributed to 
the happiness and welfare of his fellows and to have been 
an inspiration to mankind; and each life, no matter how 
humble, has within it some things worthy of emulation. 
In the words of the bard : 

When I am dead, if men can say, 
" He helped the world upon its way. 
His ways were straight, his soul was clean. 
His failings not unkind nor mean. 
He loved his fellow men, and tried 
To help them " — then I'm satisfied. 

A splendid, stalwart representative of the people has 
passed into the shadows. At a time when the sun of his 
life was at its meridian; with days of great usefulness be- 
fore him; again honored by the people of his native State, 
looking forward to hours of useful endeavor and accom- 
plishment, the hand of the unseen struck from the dark- 
ness of the unknown and the ineffable tragedy of the ages 
was again enacted. 

Out of the darkness he came — and into the darkness is 
gone. 

He leaves behind an unsullied name and a life of worthy 
endeavor. Thousands of his fellow citizens mourn his de- 



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mise, and his colleagues here join with his friends and 
neighbors in expressions of condolence to his family, with 
them realizing that his life's work was not in vain and 
that his deeds will live after him; that he lived and exem- 
plified the words of a gifted literary genius : 

Let me not hurt by any selfish deed 
The heart of friend or foe. 
Nor would I pass unseen worthy aid, 
Nor sin by silence when I should defend. 
Let me to-day look back across the span 
Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say, 
" Because of some good deed to beast or man 
The world is better that I live to-day." 



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Address of Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: From childhood until he died Mahlon 
M. Garland turned a helping hand. It has been my 
pleasure to talk with those who were his intimate friends 
and to learn of his many deeds of helpfulness which have 
heretofore been unknown, for Mr. Garland was a retir- 
ing man. 

At an age when most boys are participating in those 
games which lend a romance and enchantment to life 
our former colleague entered, through the necessity of 
circumstances, into a life of toil, from which he never 
separated himself until relieved from further duty in this 
world. It was when he was 9 years of age that he first 
went to work on a farm and helped support the large 
family of which he was a part. 

It has seemed to me that thereafter he made his native 
State his home and the citizens thereof a part of his fam- 
ily, for he was always serving them. From farm to steel 
mill was his next step, and later the towpath along the 
canals of western Pennsylvania gave him his sustenance. 
Returning to the steel mills, he learned the trade of pud- 
dling and heating, and through his grasp of industrial 
conditions as it affected labor he soon rose to a position 
of eminence in the Amalgamated Association of Iron, 
Steel, and Tin Workers, which organization he served for 
six years as president. 

But his vision was too broad and comprehensive to pre- 
vent his assuming additional duties of community and 
State. His ability was recognized by that martyred Presi- 
dent whose birthday we commemorated only seven days 
ago, and Mahlon Garland was made collector of customs 
in the city of his birth. This office he filled with such 

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fidelity and proficiency that Presidents Roosevelt and 
Taft retained him under their administrations. 

By reason of his capabilities and faithfulness he was 
chosen by the electorate of Pennsylvania to represent 
them in this body from March 4, 1915, until the day of his 
death. His work in the House of Representatives is too 
well known to you gentlemen to occasion repetition at 
this time. We all know how he served as a Congressman 
at large from the Keystone State with a pride and devo- 
tion worthy of the envy of his colleagues. 

Education shared with civic and fraternal duties this 
man's talents, for he served four years on the Pittsburgh 
school board and then he was a member of the select 
council of the same city. Nor could his removal to the 
suburb of Edgewood hinder liim from lending his sound 
advice and wise counsel to municipal aifairs. He was 
elected and served for six years as a member of the bor- 
ough council. 

Before telling you something of the good he accom- 
plished as the highest ofiicer of one of the most benevolent 
fraternities in this country I must not neglect to say that 
he was a vice president of the American Federation of 
Labor, a position he won through his splendid service as 
president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, 
and Tin Workers. 

Typifying his love for mankind, our colleague spared 
nothing in his labor for the development of the Loyal 
Order of Moose. This organization grew rapidly during 
his administration as supreme dictator and dictator gen- 
eral, and it was by his eff'orts that provision was made for 
taking care of the orphan children of the members. 

Those of you who attended the funeral in Pittsburgh 
will recall that Mr. Garland's pastor said: "He busied 
himself helping others," and I know the minister must 
have had in mind this very act of fraternalism as he 

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spoke, for the attendance at the services in the Moose 
Temple represented every walk of life. Many, too, were 
there who had benefited by the helpful word and deed of 
their departed friend and brother. 

Mr. Garland cherished his home life. He did a good 
deed for Washington when he purchased a dwelling which 
had been permitted by its owners to depreciate, and by 
his own hands he converted it into a veritable home. 
Here he lived with his daughter until last summer, when 
she left home upon her wedding day, and it became his 
wont to reside in the house which he rebuilt. 

The best compliment I can pay him is to say he was a 
man with a big heart, and loved his fellow men, and did 
much to bring an education and good home to hundreds 
of orphans. 

Briefly have I endeavored to review the life of one we 
loved, but I am unable to portray all the worth and merit 
of a man so accomplished and so filled with sympathy for 
his fellows. He is sorely missed by the members of the 
Committee on Mining, of which he was the chairman; he 
is mourned by his blood relations and by the children of 
Mooseheart whom he adopted; his passing is lamented by 
all who saluted him in the daily pathways of life. The 
House of Representatives has lost a sincere and conscien- 
tious legislator, his daughter a kind and thoughtful 
father, the little orphans of the Moose home a considerate 
and devoted helper, and the country a patriotic and true 
American. 



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Address of Mr. Watson, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: The Members of Congress establish for 
themselves a positive or passive position in their activi- 
ties. Each, however, has a specific character, requisite to 
formulate the laws of the Republic. Mahlon M. Garland, 
without the early advantages of school education, ad- 
vanced by his natural endowments of discernment, good 
judgment, and quick apprehension, guided by observa- 
tions rather than theories. He was born in Pittsburgh, 
Pa. At a very early age he assisted to support a large 
family by working on the farm, in the steel mills, and 
driving mules on the towpath. He always alluded to his 
boyhood career, in a way, characteristic of a true and hon- 
est heart. Mr. Garland gained the confidence and affec- 
tion of those who best knew him because of his deep and 
sincere interest in their welfare, as was shown in his 
marked relation to the organizations of labor. 

He was elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty- 
sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, representing the State 
of Pennsylvania as Congressman at large. He was a 
member of the Committee on Mines and Mining, and 
served with marked ability and distinction as its chair- 
man. 

Mr. Garland was a forceful speaker and never failed, 
when opportunity occurred, to voice his sentiments upon 
the floor of the House in favor of the American workmen. 
He was their friend and did much to advance their happi- 
ness, mold and better their home environments. I recall 
a speech he delivered in the House upon the child-labor 
bill, which indicated his character and his loyalty to the 
workmen, superior to that I can express in my language. 
He said, in part: 

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Forty years I have been active in labor matters; for years 
almost continually in conferences over in Pennsylvania and other 
States in the iron industries where we met each other, with mil- 
lions of capital represented on one side of the table and hundred 
thousands of men with their families, directly or indirectly, on 
the other side. We talked over the condition of employment of 
labor. I never found the employers desired to enslave child 
labor. I started early; am sorry I had to do so, for I felt the loss 
of a chance to go to school all my life, and it has been my endeavor 
during the time I have been in labor work, as it has all men who 
are interested in the labor movement, to bring and get a better 
condition for our children than we had for ourselves. 

Mr. Garland rendered efficient service to his country, 
his influence will live, and his memory will be dearly 
attached to those he aided in the world of labor. 



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Address of Mr. Shreve, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: I am very glad to have the opportunity 
this afternoon of joining with my colleagues in paying a 
tribute to the life and character of Congressman Garland. 
I fully agree with all that has been said this afternoon 
concerning him, and I shall not attempt to repeat those 
things which have been so eloquently said. 

But I do desire briefly to call the attention of my col- 
leagues to one other phase of Mr. Garland's life, and that 
is this: I knew the Congressman a long time before he 
came to Congress. In fact, I knew him before either of 
us came to Congress. I remember him well during the 
time that I was a member of the Pennsylvania State Leg- 
islature; when I served as chairman of the committee on 
mines and mining, and also as chairman of the commit- 
tee on the judiciary. It was first during my service as 
chairman of the committee on mines and mining that I 
came to know Mr. Garland well. He had been coming 
to my district for years on political missions, but he came 
to Harrisburg this time on another sort of mission. There 
was at that time a strong difference of opinion existing 
between the coal operators and the miners; a strike was 
impending and certain legislation was demanded. Bills 
to remedy the situation were introduced, and I was se- 
lected, as I found out afterwards, as chairman of that 
committee because I had no knowledge whatever of the 
subject and had no mines in my district, and therefore 
could look at the matter impartially. I want to say to 
you, my colleagues, that after hearing both sides I was 
still at a loss to know just what to do, when finally I re- 
membered that Mr. Garland came to Harrisburg at times 

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to consult the leaders. I communicated with him, and he 
became interested in this legislation, and it was only a 
short time after consulting him that through his influence 
and others interested all the obstacles were swept 
away and we passed a piece of legislation that survived 
from that time down to the beginning of the World War, 
when it became necessary to pass other legislation. 

And so I probably came in contact with Mr. Garland 
in a different way from most Members, outside of the ex- 
perience that we have had here in Congress together. I 
join with my colleagues in expressing my high apprecia- 
tion and great regard for Mr. Garland as a Member of 
Congress. He was efficient, and the things that he did 
were done well. 

There is one thing that can always be said of him — ^that 
he was absolutely loyal to his friends. He was loyal to 
his party, and he was loyal to the great State of Pennsyl- 
vania; and, above all, it can always be said that he was 
loyal to his own city, the great city of Pittsburgh. 

I feel that the passing of Mr. Garland is a distinct loss 
to all of us. He was one of the prominent men of Penn- 
sylvania who will be missed. I know of no one to take 
his place. Surely there is no man that we know of to-day 
who can take the place made vacant by Mahlon M. Gar- 
land. In all of the activities of his time, extending back for 
a long period, beginning, as he did, as a boy, laboring with- 
out the opportunities of schooling that many of us had, 
he made the most of his opportunities, he was successful 
in his endeavors for the benefit of humanity, he made 
friends, and he was a loyal friend. 

Mr. Crago. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members who have spoken to-day may have five legis- 
lative days in which they may revise and extend their re- 
marks in the Record, and that any Member desiring to in- 
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colleague maj' be permilted to do so for the same length 
of time. 

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Butler) . Without objec- 
tion, it will be so ordered. 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The exercises of the day are 
completed. 

Thereupon (at 1 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m.), in ac- 
cordance with the resolution already adopted, the House 
adjourned until to-morrow, Monday, February 7, 1921, at 
11 o'clock a. m. 



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